Saint Yosefu Nghi Kim

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi (Vietnamese: Giuse Nguyễn Đình Nghi) (born c. 1793 in Kẻ Vồi, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi was born into a moderately wealthy family. He was ordained a priest at the age of 30. He served in the parishes of Sơn Miêng (for one year), Kẻ Vạc (for four years), Phúc Nhạc and Đa Phạn (for 10 years), and later in Kẻ Báng, where he was arrested during the persecutions of 1840. He was beheaded on November 8, 1840, alongside two other priests, Paul Nguyễn Ngân and Martin Tạ Đức Thịnh, and two other Catholics, Martin Thọ and John the Baptist Cỏn. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on May 27, 1900, by Leo XIII and canonized by John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.